How to encrypt files in termux.
I have tried searching online and I am overwhelmed with all the different ones people are recommending
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There is no such thing in termux. Files are already protected by Android's application sandbox.
depends. why do you want encryption?
videos, images
but one can encrypt anything right?
but why? you want to hide it from some who has access to your phone or omething?
yes
yes and also I am just curious, I can just as well move this files to a safe folder provided by android's file system but that is not convinent for now I am just using a .nomedia file
you can try scrypt app (available on termux repo)
it only encrypts files tho, not folders
some app do that but don't remember a name (scrypt is very easy to use tho)
but why is encrypting so complicated, everyone and their mother seems to have their favourite tool for the job
it is not complicated
there are tons of apps because there are tons of people/devs
so you get many apps
just check for opensource encryption tools without ads nor purchases (scrypt is one of the good one)
btw with that one it's as simple as
scrypt enc <filename>
scrypt dec <filename>
no key required?
ofc it will ask for it when you encrypt a file
lol
but that is command line only so it's interactive read whatever they call it
thanks man you have been a great help, just curious what are some other tools that are well regarded
like that
zip + password is the simplest solution
thanks mate
mmmhmh not sure if just compressing is better than actual simple encryption
you can do 0 level compression too